Today is #WorldAIDSDay, a day when the world’s focus is on the fight against HIV/AIDS. There are already a number of medications on the market to help ease symptoms of HIV.According to the World Health Organization, since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began more than 30 years ago, over 70 million people have contracted HIV. No vaccine exists to […]

Pesticide use on commercially grown crops has increased dramatically even more than consumers have been led to believe. According to figures recently released by the Soil Association – the UK’s leading food and farming charity and organic certification body – show the number of chemicals on supermarket vegetables has increased up to 17 fold in the […] […]

Among the hundreds of emails and newsletters that come my way everyday, one quickly caught my attention. In it was an article that talked about companies that do animal testing, a topic I’ve been following for a while. Let me be blunt. I despise that companies do horrendously painful and inhumane testing on defenseless, innocent animals. And […]

Many of you know I was a long time resident of Northern California, a place of beauty and many natural wonders that still holds a special place in my heart. The following is an excerpt from an article I wrote that was recently published online about one of these remarkable public places and the trials and […]

Contrary to assurances by fish farming concerns, thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon have escaped into the Pacific Ocean. They escaped from a damaged net pen at a Cooke Aquaculture fish farm off Cypress Island in Washington’s Puget Sound on Saturday, This has sparked fears that the farm-raised fish could threaten wild Pacific salmon. According to the Washing […]

The world needs heroes now more than ever. The new film ELEMENTAL shows the story of three inspiring eco-warriors who are taking on huge issues and facing equally as large obstacles to their success.

Rajendra Singh is an Indian official who sets out on a trek to save the Ganges River. Once the lifeblood of India, “Mother Ganga” is now polluted by factories, dams and public misuse, and Singh faces opposition from the very people he hopes to save.

In Alberta, Canada, Eriel Deranger is a tireless warrior fighting to save her native land from the world’s largest industrial development—the tar sands.

Jay Harmon is a brilliant Australian inventor who believes nature’s own systems can solve the planet’s ecological problems. As he searches for investors to back his creation, you see just how important it is to stop global warming and, perhaps, how close we are to slowing it down.

This acclaimed documentary shows how one person with a deep commitment to stopping the effects of global warming can lead the way for the rest of us.